President Donald Trump is hoping to persuade a Supreme Court with two of his appointees to keep his tax and other financial records from being turned over to lawmakers and a New York district attorney.

The restart is crucial to pull the European economy out of a tailspin that’s forced governments to pledge hundreds of billions of euros to keep companies afloat. Measures of private-sector business activity plummeted to an all-time low in April, with record job cuts.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , which had its best day in two months on Monday, extended its rally without panache - rising 0.3%. The dollar nursed heavy losses, but steadied, and bonds firmed.

German engineering major Siemens AG has appointed Roland Busch as president and chief executive officer of its global operations as a part of its strategy to set in place the next generation of management, the company said in a statement on Thursday.